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The only blocktime reduction that would be a game changer, would be a 1
second blocktime or less, and by less I mean much less maybe 1000
blocks/second. Which would enable decentralized high frequency trading or
playing WoW on blockchain and other cool stuff.

But technology is not developped enough as far as I now, maybe with quantum
computers in the future, and it is even bitcoins goal?

Also there is a guy who wrote a script to avoid "sybil attack" from 2x
https://github.com/mariodian/ban-segshit8x-nodes

I don't know what it's worth, maybe check it out, I'm not huge support of
that kind of methods.

Ilansky


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> The current ten-minute block time was chosen by Satoshi as a tradeoff
> between confirmation time and the amount of work wasted due to chain
> splits. Is there not room for optimization in this number from:
>
> A. Advances in technology in the last 8-9 years
> B. A lack of any rigorous formula being used to determine what's the
> optimal rate
> C. The existence of similar chains that work at a much lower block times
>
> Whilst I think we can all agree that 10 second block times would result i=
n
> a lot of chain splits due to Bitcoins 12-13 second propagation time (to 9=
5%
> of nodes), I think we'll find that we can go lower than 10 minutes withou=
t
> much issue. Is this something that should be looked at or am I an idiot w=
ho
> needs to read more? If I'm an idiot, I apologize; kindly point me in the
> right direction.
>
> Things I've read on the subject:
> https://medium.facilelogin.com/the-mystery-behind-block-time-63351e35603a
> (section header "Why Bitcoin Block Time Is 10 Minutes ?")
> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3D176108.0
> https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/1863/why-was-
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> Blockchains with fast confirmation times are currently believed to
> suffer from reduced security due to a high stale rate.
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> As blocks take a certain time to propagate through the network, if miner
> A mines a block and then miner B happens to mine another block before
> miner A's block propagates to B, miner B's block will end up wasted and
> will not "contribute to network security".
>
> Furthermore, there is a centralization issue: if miner A is a mining
> pool with 30% hashpower and B has 10% hashpower, A will have a risk of
> producing a stale block 70% of the time (since the other 30% of the time
> A produced the last block and so will get mining data immediately)
> whereas B will have a risk of producing a stale block 90% of the time.
>
> Thus, if the block interval is short enough for the stale rate
> to be high, A will be substantially more efficient simply by virtue of
> its size. With these two effects combined, blockchains which produce
> blocks quickly are very likely to lead to one mining pool having a large
> enough percentage of the network hashpower to have de facto control over
> the mining process.
>
> Another possible implication of reducing the average block time is that
> block size should be reduced accordingly. In an hypothetical 5 minutes
> block size Bitcoin blockchain, there would be twice the block space
> available for miners to include transactions, which could lead to 2
> immediate consequences: (1) the blockchain could grow up to twice the
> rate, which is known to be bad for decentralization; and (2) transaction
> fees might go down, making it cheaper for spammers to bloat our beloved
> UTXO sets.
>
> There have been numerous proposals that tried to overcome the downsides
> of faster blocks, the most noteworthy probably being the "Greedy
> Heaviest Observed Subtree" (GHOST) protocol:
> http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~yoni_sompo/pubs/15/btc_scalability_full.pdf
>
> Personally, I can't see why Bitcoin would need or how could it even
> benefit at all from faster blocks. Nevertheless, I would really love if
> someone in the list who has already run the numbers could bring some
> valid points on why 10 minutes is the optimal rate (other than "if it
> ain't broke, don't fix it").
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<div dir=3D"auto">The only blocktime reduction that would be a game changer=
, would be a 1 second blocktime or less, and by less I mean much less maybe=
 1000 blocks/second. Which would enable decentralized high frequency tradin=
g or playing WoW on blockchain and other cool stuff.=C2=A0<div dir=3D"auto"=
><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">But technology is not developped enough as far=
 as I now, maybe with quantum computers in the future, and it is even bitco=
ins goal?</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Also there is =
a guy who wrote a script to avoid &quot;sybil attack&quot; from 2x</div><di=
v dir=3D"auto"><a href=3D"https://github.com/mariodian/ban-segshit8x-nodes"=
>https://github.com/mariodian/ban-segshit8x-nodes</a><br></div><div dir=3D"=
auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I don&#39;t know what it&#39;s worth, may=
be check it out, I&#39;m not huge support of that kind of methods.</div><di=
v dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Ilansky</div><div dir=3D"auto"><=
br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">Le=
=C2=A020 oct. 2017 14:01,  &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev-request@lists.=
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The current ten-minute block time was chosen by Satoshi as a tradeoff<br>
between confirmation time and the amount of work wasted due to chain<br>
splits. Is there not room for optimization in this number from:<br>
<br>
A. Advances in technology in the last 8-9 years<br>
B. A lack of any rigorous formula being used to determine what&#39;s the<br=
>
optimal rate<br>
C. The existence of similar chains that work at a much lower block times<br=
>
<br>
Whilst I think we can all agree that 10 second block times would result in<=
br>
a lot of chain splits due to Bitcoins 12-13 second propagation time (to 95%=
<br>
of nodes), I think we&#39;ll find that we can go lower than 10 minutes with=
out<br>
much issue. Is this something that should be looked at or am I an idiot who=
<br>
needs to read more? If I&#39;m an idiot, I apologize; kindly point me in th=
e<br>
right direction.<br>
<br>
Things I&#39;ve read on the subject:<br>
<a href=3D"https://medium.facilelogin.com/the-mystery-behind-block-time-633=
51e35603a" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://medium.facilelogin.=
<wbr>com/the-mystery-behind-block-<wbr>time-63351e35603a</a><br>
(section header &quot;Why Bitcoin Block Time Is 10 Minutes ?&quot;)<br>
<a href=3D"https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3D176108.0" rel=3D"noref=
errer" target=3D"_blank">https://bitcointalk.org/index.<wbr>php?topic=3D176=
108.0</a><br>
<a href=3D"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/1863/why-was-the-tar=
get-block-time-chosen-to-be-10-minutes" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank=
">https://bitcoin.stackexchange.<wbr>com/questions/1863/why-was-<wbr>the-ta=
rget-block-time-chosen-<wbr>to-be-10-minutes</a><br>
<br>
Kind Regards,<br>
<br>
Jonathan Sterling<br>
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Improving Scalability via Block Time<br>
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Blockchains with fast confirmation times are currently believed to<br>
suffer from reduced security due to a high stale rate.<br>
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As blocks take a certain time to propagate through the network, if miner<br=
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A mines a block and then miner B happens to mine another block before<br>
miner A&#39;s block propagates to B, miner B&#39;s block will end up wasted=
 and<br>
will not &quot;contribute to network security&quot;.<br>
<br>
Furthermore, there is a centralization issue: if miner A is a mining<br>
pool with 30% hashpower and B has 10% hashpower, A will have a risk of<br>
producing a stale block 70% of the time (since the other 30% of the time<br=
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A produced the last block and so will get mining data immediately)<br>
whereas B will have a risk of producing a stale block 90% of the time.<br>
<br>
Thus, if the block interval is short enough for the stale rate<br>
to be high, A will be substantially more efficient simply by virtue of<br>
its size. With these two effects combined, blockchains which produce<br>
blocks quickly are very likely to lead to one mining pool having a large<br=
>
enough percentage of the network hashpower to have de facto control over<br=
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the mining process.<br>
<br>
Another possible implication of reducing the average block time is that<br>
block size should be reduced accordingly. In an hypothetical 5 minutes<br>
block size Bitcoin blockchain, there would be twice the block space<br>
available for miners to include transactions, which could lead to 2<br>
immediate consequences: (1) the blockchain could grow up to twice the<br>
rate, which is known to be bad for decentralization; and (2) transaction<br=
>
fees might go down, making it cheaper for spammers to bloat our beloved<br>
UTXO sets.<br>
<br>
There have been numerous proposals that tried to overcome the downsides<br>
of faster blocks, the most noteworthy probably being the &quot;Greedy<br>
Heaviest Observed Subtree&quot; (GHOST) protocol:<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~yoni_sompo/pubs/15/btc_scalability_ful=
l.pdf" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~<wbr>=
yoni_sompo/pubs/15/btc_<wbr>scalability_full.pdf</a><br>
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Personally, I can&#39;t see why Bitcoin would need or how could it even<br>
benefit at all from faster blocks. Nevertheless, I would really love if<br>
someone in the list who has already run the numbers could bring some<br>
valid points on why 10 minutes is the optimal rate (other than &quot;if it<=
br>
ain&#39;t broke, don&#39;t fix it&quot;).<br>
<br>
--<br>
Ad?n S?nchez de Pedro Crespo<br>
CTO, Stampery Inc.<br>
San Francisco - Madrid<br>
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